American Journal of Psychiatry Audio

American Journal of Psychiatry

  • 35 minutes 58 seconds
    April 2026: Mobile Health for Alcohol Use Assessment: Longitudinal Effects of Breathalyzer Self-Monitoring in Everyday Contexts

    Yang Lu, M.S., and Catharine E. Fairbairn, Ph.D. (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) join AJP Audio to discuss the longitudinal effects of the use of personal alcohol breathalyzers in a natural setting on alcohol usage. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin joins the podcast to discuss the rest of the April issue, which focuses on subjects related to substance use disorders.

    • 00:57 What did you discover about the long term effects of using a personal blood alcohol monitor?
    • 03:12 Do health monitoring devices actually change behaviors?
    • 04:10 What did your cohort look like?
    • 08:49 Disparate impact of monitoring on heavy drinkers and light drinkers
    • 11:36 Clinical implications
    • 14:34 Limitations
    • 15:46 Avenues for further research
    • 18:39 Kalin interview
    • 18:46 Lu et al.
    • 24:00 Wittekind et al.
    • 29:50 Nicholson et al.

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    1 April 2026, 8:52 am
  • 33 minutes 17 seconds
    March 2026: Primary Prevention of PTSD Symptoms in Combat-Deploying Soldiers Using Attention Bias Modification: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Chelsea Dyan Gober Dykan, M.A. (Tel Aviv University, Israel), joins AJP Audio to discuss a study looking at two versions of attention bias modification with an eye towards a prophylactic impact on developing PTSD in a cohort of combat-bound soldiers. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin joins the podcast to put the rest of the March issue into context.

    • 00:57 Attention bias modifications
    • 03:54 Response-time and gaze-contingent paradigms
    • 05:05 Differences in efficacy between the two arms
    • 08:06 Ethical considerations in investigating combat-bound soldiers
    • 10:44 Controlling for combat experiences in studying PTSD
    • 12:24 Duration of the effect
    • 13:44 Limitations
    • 15:03 Immediate clinical implications
    • 16:22 Further research
    • 17:05 Kalin interview
    • 17:22 Dykan et al.
    • 21:03 Kaul et al.
    • 26:19 Kantrowitz et al.

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    1 March 2026, 10:00 am
  • 29 minutes 58 seconds
    February 2026: Doxycycline Use in Adolescent Psychiatric Patients and Risk of Schizophrenia: An Emulated Target Trial

    Dr. Ian Kelleher (University of Edinburgh, Scotland) joins AJP Audio to discuss an emulated target trial looking at the prophylactic qualities of doxycycline, an antibiotic, in an adolescent population at risk to develop schizophrenia spectrum disorder. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin joins the podcast to put the rest of the issue into context.

    • 00:53 Doxycycline and the risk of developing schizophrenia
    • 04:03 Emulated target trials versus randomized control trials
    • 06:43 Methods of action
    • 09:24 Dosage and exposure levels for doxycycline
    • 10:15 Immediate clinical applications
    • 10:56 Limitations of the study
    • 11:33 Future research
    • 12:43 Kalin interview
    • 13:00 Lång et al.
    • 19:43 Zhao et al.
    • 25:20 Metrik et al.

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    1 February 2026, 10:00 am
  • 33 minutes 12 seconds
    Special Episode: 2025 Articles of Import and Impact

    This special episode of AJP Audio brings together the editors of the American Journal Psychiatry and the AJP Residents' Journal to discuss important and impactful articles published in 2025.

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    23 January 2026, 4:12 pm
  • 26 minutes 13 seconds
    January 2026: Reduced Threat-Related Neural Efficiency: A Possible Biomarker for Pediatric Anxiety Disorders

    Dr. Julia Linke (University of Mainz, Germany) joins AJP Audio to discuss the use of neural efficiency, a measure of brain activity, as a potential biomarker in the treatment of children with anxiety disorder. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin joins the podcast to put the rest of the issue into context.

    • 00:31 Linke interview
    • 02:15 State or a trait?
    • 04:15 Neural efficiency and CBT
    • 05:22 Potential as a biomarker
    • 07:08 Patient-rated and parent-rated measures of anxiety
    • 08:16 Immediate clinical implications
    • 09:50 Limitations
    • 10:43 Future directions of research
    • 11:44 Kalin interview
    • 11:50 Linke et al.
    • 15:16 Mallard et al.
    • 18:11 Naples et al.
    • 21:44 Mac Giollabhui et al.

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    1 January 2026, 10:00 am
  • 22 minutes 12 seconds
    December 2025: Adjunctive Lumateperone in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder: Results From a Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase 3 Trial

    Dr. Suresh Durgam (Intra-Cellular Therapies, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Bedminster, NJ) joins AJP Audio to discuss a phase 3 randomized controlled trial looking at the use of the antipsychotic medication lumateperone as adjunctive to antidepressant therapy in the treatment of patients with major depressive disorder. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses the rest of the December issue of the Journal.

    • 00:48 Durgam interview
    • 03:09 Mechanism of action
    • 04:44 Patient-reported outcomes
    • 06:31 Immediate clinical implications
    • 07:32 Limitations
    • 08:08 Further research
    • 09:25 Kalin interview
    • 09:38 Durgam et al.
    • 13:09 Lin et al.
    • 17:22 Brodsky et al.

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    1 December 2025, 10:00 am
  • 27 minutes 14 seconds
    November 2025: Contingency Management for Stimulant Use Disorder and Association With Mortality: A Cohort Study

    Dr. Lara Coughlin (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) joins AJP Audio to discuss a study looking the impact of contingency management on all cause mortality in patients with stimulant use disorder. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses the rest of the November issue of the Journal.

    • 01:09 Coughlin interview
    • 02:05 Stimulant use disorder and contingency management
    • 04:37 Mortality
    • 05:12 Contingency management and "moral hazard"
    • 08:30 Clinical uptake of contingency management
    • 09:28 Broader applicability to psychiatric conditions
    • 10:31 Limitations
    • 11:39 Further research
    • 12:32 Kalin interview
    • 12:49 Coughlin et al.
    • 16:41 Yalcinbas et al.
    • 22:22 Na et al.

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    1 November 2025, 9:00 am
  • 26 minutes 47 seconds
    October 2025: Differential Effects of Ovarian Steroids in Women With and Without Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: A Replication and Extension of Findings

    Dr. Shau-Ming Wei (National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD) joins AJP Audio to discuss a replication study looking at impact of hormone addback to a hormone suppression regimen for the treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses the rest of the October issue of the Journal.

    • 00:34 Wei interview
    • 02:59 PMDD
    • 04:22 Up and downsides of hormone suppression
    • 05:52 Hormone addback
    • 07:15 Limitations of the current study
    • 08:38 Further research
    • 10:42 Kalin interview
    • 10:58 Wei et al.
    • 15:25 Sanacora et al.
    • 20:07 Whittle et al.
    • 23:06 Cooper et al.

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    1 October 2025, 8:04 am
  • 39 minutes 52 seconds
    September 2025: Neighborhood Social Vulnerability and Racial Disparities in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder Prevalence

    Dr. Deidre Anglin (City College, CUNY, New York) joins AJP Audio to discuss the disparate impact of schizophrenia spectrum disorder diagnosis on racial and ethnic minorities in the United States based on localized neighborhood data. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses the rest of the September issue of the Journal.

    • 00:31 Anglin interview
    • 04:40 Zip code sizes
    • 05:18 The long legacy of redlining
    • 07:17 Socially vulnerable neighborhoods
    • 09:43 Structural racism, clinicians, and working with individuals
    • 13:45 Limitations
    • 15:56 Further research
    • 18:08 Kalin interview
    • 18:13 Anglin et al.
    • 25:19 Vano et al.
    • 29:40 Moussa-Tooks et al.
    • 33:34 Zhang et al.

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    1 September 2025, 9:00 am
  • 33 minutes 44 seconds
    August 2025: Telehealth Prescribing of Stimulants for ADHD and Associated Risk for Later Stimulant and Substance Use Disorders

    Dr. Vinod Rao (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston) join AJP Audio to discuss predicting the relative risk of patients with an ADHD diagnosis developing a later stimulant or substance use disorder based on the method of prescription, in person or via telehealth. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses the rest of the August issue of the Journal.

    • 00:07 Rao interview
    • 01:53 Stimulant use disorder versus substance use disorder
    • 02:59 Cohort size and incidence of SUDs
    • 04:28 Length of clinician engagement in non-profit versus for profit hospital systems
    • 05:18 Patient cohort
    • 06:20 Potential difference in mechanism between prescribing practices
    • 07:35 Continued use of telehealth
    • 08:43 Limitations
    • 10:03 Further research
    • 11:17 Kalin interview
    • 11:24 Rao et al.
    • 15:41 Mahjani et al.
    • 19:59 Zhang et al.
    • 25:11 Sha et al.
    • 29:33 Gao and Olfson

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    1 August 2025, 9:00 am
  • 24 minutes 58 seconds
    July 2025: National Trends in Suicidal Thoughts and Suicide Attempts Among High School Students in the United States

    Dr. Tanner Bommersbach (University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health) and Dr. Greg Rhee (University of Connecticut and Yale University School of Medicine) join AJP Audio to discuss estimating national trends in suicidal ideation and attempts in high school students with and without accompanying high-risk behaviors. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses the rest of the July issue of the Journal.

    • 00:07 Bommersbach and Rhee interview
    • 00:36 Trends in suicide among high school students in the US
    • 02:49 Variation in rates based on gender, racial identity, and sexuality
    • 03:50 Did the rates increase during the COVID-19 pandemic?
    • 04:14 Lessons to be learned from COVID?
    • 05:23 Behavior risk factors
    • 06:33 Clinical implications
    • 08:19 Inflections in risk factors due to the pandemic?
    • 08:52 Limitations
    • 09:32 Future research
    • 10:16 Kalin interview
    • 10:31 Bommersbach et al.
    • 14:20 Müller et al.
    • 18:54 Ahn et al.
    • 21:47 McCabe et al.

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    1 July 2025, 9:00 am
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